I’m going to be posting about a few more of Chris Kabel’s works in the coming days; after reading an article at Yanko Design about Chris, I checked out his website, and he has some excellent products there.  I appreciate someone as a designer who can take the function and regulate it to a point to the form while not boring the crap out of me.  Chris succeeded in my respect.

Not like my respect is worth much!  HA!

Anyhow - the Sticky Lamp:

As Chris says on his site, “Sticky Lamp is a lamp like a sticker.  Peel off the back lid and stick as high or as low as you can go.”  The Sticky Lamp is applied to whatever surface you like, assuming that surface will hold the adhesive (ie, I bet the carpet wouldn’t work, but why would you do that anyway?).

Sticky Lamp is one in a handful of lighting products from Chris Kabel.  I’ll be posting more soon on Chris’ work.

Yatzer’s Design Blog posted about Elina Aalto’s black perforated window shades - called Better View, and made for IUKBOX, “an art production agency that aims at the promotion of designers and artists.”

Better View makes a night-esque city scene for your windows, for use during the day.  From Yatzer’s Design Blog:

Better View is a series of perforated black out roller blinds designed by Elina Aalto for IUKBOX. Light seeps in through the small cut out holes creating an image of a city by night. The cut-outs represent the light in the windows of apartment buildings and office complexes in the city. The series includes views from Paris, Tokyo, Helsinki and Stockholm in a limited edition of 1000 each.

Limited Edition - get yours while they last, where they last.  This is a very cool idea in my very humble opinion.  Now would I want Tokyo, Paris, Helsinki, or Stockholm?

Thanks to the wonderful folks at Yatzer!

Spanish designer Luis Eslava has come out with a light source that mixes both the lamp itself and the lamp shade - the lamp/fixture can either be set on a table with an edison base attached, or can be hung from an existing edison base.  The piece is made of Pyrex glass and sandblasted; form loves function.

Thanks to Yanko Design!

Also, check out some of Luis’ other works in the dropdown menu on the right of his page.  Tria Lamp is another beautiful project from Luis’ studio.

Yanko Design has a post about this hilarious little low-wattage night light.  It’s shaped like a butt.  It’s also made of soft material, just like a butt.  it’s called the Butt-On.

I don’t know what else to say about this, really, so I’m going to just leave it alone.  Check it out.

Inhabitat has a great article about a new luminous wallpaper that has been released by designer Camilla Deidrich,  It’s fiber optic in nature.

From the article:

What if we could light our homes with glowing wallpaper rather than having to rely on electric lights? Swedish designer Camilla Diedrich has asked this exact question, and in response, created a stunning line of luminescent wallpaper that is lit by fiber optics. Her Nature Ray Charles Wallpaper features a delicate assortment of floral motifs that shine through in lucid lines, adding a touch of energy-efficient ambiance to any room.

Available in 8 different colors, Nature Ray Charles Wallpaper is part of Ms. Diedrich’s ‘Walls‘ product line. Speaking about her working process Ms. Diedrich says, “I have been searching for light without light…I was drawing as usual and slipped on the keyboard the drawing went extremely light and I just stared and thought wow this must be how blind people see and I thought of Ray Charles, the musician. His name is Ray, doesn’t that mean light?”

Thanks, Inhabitat.  You folks have such great research!

Unless your “casual recreational use” of ’shrooms back in the hayday has turned all lamps into mushrooms for you - and in which case I’m sorry - you’ll probably like this lamp, which is another installment of design by Jaime Salm and Katherine Wise.

The Shroom Lamp is designed as a tabletop lamp, with the light emanating from the 100% wool shade.  The Shroom Lamp is shown in the images with a CFL, which makes this lamp even more “earthen” in appearance - in this case, quite figuratively.

From the Shroom Lamp product page:

Designed as mood lighting for tabletop and floor use, Shroom lights are ideal as nightlights or in clusters around living areas. Their warm light and soft felt shade are inviting to both sight and touch.

Philosophy
Using traditional felt molding technologies and local manufacturers as a source of inspiration, the Shroom Light explores felt’s natural beauty as a material for diffusing light. Material density softens and directs light, producing relaxing atmospheres that range from the warm and relaxed to the psychedelic and fun.

Check this out - a lamp that is flat packed and shipped, and once you receive it, you bend it into shape.  Behold, the Bendant Lamp by Jaime Salm.  Mio has the Bendant Lamp for $175.  From the product page:

Description
The Bendant Lamp is a flat-packed chandelier composed of a series of leaf-like shades surrounding a central fixture. Bend the shades up or down and create unique light and shadow arrangements.

Philosophy
Material and process guide the Bendant Lamp’s design, making it a true example of eco-centric design. The size of the lamp, shape of the cuts and flat packaging are a result of material and manufacturing efficiencies. In addition, the lamp welcomes the user as co-designer pushing the boundaries of design and self-assembly.

Here’s another Daniel Becker piece - this one called “Melting Light,” and consisting of a pendant type source, LED, with a large reflector above.  It’s an interesting concept.  I’d love to see this (or at least a picture of it) illuminated.

Shelley Spicuzza is an Indianapolis based designer who has taken recycling and light to another level with her Reglow Lamp project.  Reglow is a clear poly bottle based lighting system that uses existing bottles to screw into a ball-shaped base, illuminating through the bottles and into your space.

Mountain Dew (the regular green or the crazy Code Red), clear bottles, blue bottles, any color you can find - screw them into Shelley’s Reglow Lamp and you’re eco-friendly.

Check out the Reglow Lamp page at Coroflot.

I just discovered a designer, Daniel Becker, who has some very interesting luminaires, doing very off things to form and function.  Beautiful things.  German things.

I’m going to post a few of his designs over the next few days.  Check out this one - it’s called Tee-Licht, which obviously means “huge ball supernova light thing” in German.

Get it?  Good.

Check out Daniel’s portfolio site.